May’s New Year message pledges to “get on and deliver a good Brexit” ‘She used her NYE message to deliver a rally cry vowing to lead Britain out of the EU. The Prime Minister crowned 2017 as a “year of progress” for the United Kingdom, saying: “In January I set out our objectives for the […]
Knighthood for 1922 Committee Chairman Graham Brady “Theresa May hands gongs to a powerful Parliamentary ally and several pro-Brexit MPs in the New Year honours today.The chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tories, Graham Brady, is awarded a knighthood. A veteran MP and close ally of the PM, he gave her his staunch support […]
Skidmore: Corbyn’s opposition to equal constituencies is gerrymandering ‘It is an affront to democracy that 27 million people are currently under- represented. The reforms to our constituency boundaries will ensure that, for the first time in our democracy, Parliamentary constituencies are of a similar size. It was the Chartists in the 1830s who first proposed […]
Labour plots return of ‘1970s strike laws’ “Labour frontbenchers have been accused of plotting to take Britain back to the days of flying pickets and strikes in the 1970s. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has backed a radical pro-strike manifesto which would leave key public services vulnerable to industrial action. The ‘blueprint’ for workers’ rights, set out […]
Bah Humbug! 1) Heseltine says: Brexit could be worse than Corbyn “Asked what could happen under five years of a Corbyn government, he said: “Well, we have survived Labour governments before. Their damage tends to be short-term and capable of rectification. Brexit is not short-term and is not easily capable of rectification. There will be […]
Christmas 1) May’s seasonal message focuses on armed forces This year, the Prime Minister made no mention of Brexit or the crises she has faced in a disastrous 12 months during which she lost her Commons majority and faced repeated threats to her premiership. But she did issue a rallying call to the nation, saying: […]
Brexit 1) Foreign Secretary warns against keeping UK ‘shackled’ to EU laws “Keeping Britain shackled to EU laws after Brexit would be ‘madness’, Boris Johnson warned yesterday. The Foreign Secretary said the ‘Brussels way of regulation’ cannot keep pace with the needs of the high-growth industries of the future. He said this argument was ‘gaining ground’ in the Cabinet […]
Johnson hopes for Green’s return and attacks police vendetta… “Boris Johnson has said he hopes Damian Green will one day be able to return to government office, despite his dismissal for lying over pornography found on his computer. Mr Johnson raised concerns that the former first secretary of state may have been the victim of a […]
Green sacked over ‘misleading statements’ “Theresa May last night sacked her deputy Damian Green after a sleaze inquiry found he had failed to tell the truth about pornography found on his computer. The Cabinet Office investigation said he had issued two ‘inaccurate and misleading’ statements, denying he knew about the discovery made in a botched […]
Brexit 1) May planning “successor” to Lancaster House and Florence speeches for the new year “…It came amid reports that the Prime Minister is planning a third major Brexit speech in which she will set out her post-Brexit vision for the UK. David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, recently said the UK could seek a “Canada […]
Cautious optimism as the Cabinet seeks a shared Brexit end goal ‘The prime minister promised her senior ministers at least two more chances to shape Britain’s desired “end state” before setting out her position publicly at yesterday’s meeting of a cabinet sub-committee. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, and Michael Gove, the environment secretary, led calls […]
May will tell MPs today that the UK will be free to sign trade deals on Day One… ‘Theresa May will today insist that Britain is allowed to begin striking global trade deals and registering new EU arrivals on the first day after Brexit. Eurosceptics have voiced concerns over the Prime Minister’s plan for a […]
Brexit 1) Theresa May: I will not be knocked off course from delivering Brexit “You, the British people voted to leave the European Union and that is what we are going to do. I will not be derailed from my duty to deliver your democratic decision. Amid all the noise this Government is getting on with […]
Brexiteers attack EU demands that Britain effectively stay in for two more years… “Brexiteers today warned Brussels demands for a transition deal would leave Britain ‘de facto in the EU’ as Theresa May hailed agreement on her divorce deal. All 27 remaining EU leaders signed off on Britain having made ‘sufficient progress’ on how to leave the bloc today in a […]
Brexit 1) Brussels say they will not re-open talks if Parliament rejects deal “A plot by diehard Tory Remainers to water down Brexit backfired yesterday as the European Union warned Britain would have a harder exit if MPs vote down a deal. Eleven rebels backed an amendment on Wednesday that gives Parliament the power to send the Prime Minister […]